Important Judaica

Important Judaica

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 34. A Pair of German Silver Torah Finials, Joseph Antoni Seethaler, Augsburg, 1808.

Property from the Ernest and Erika Michael Collection.

A Pair of German Silver Torah Finials, Joseph Antoni Seethaler, Augsburg, 1808

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

of stepped arcaded cylindrical form, embossed with swags, crown finials topped by lions rampant, one stave with lightly engraved wrigglework, with later dedicatory Hebrew inscription in memory of Reichel, the donor's wife and Hinda, the donor's daughter, marked on upper and lower bodies, crowns, and shafts


height 14 in.

35.6 cm

Sotheby's New York, 18 December 1989, lot 225.

The Hebrew inscription on one stave reads...

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